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I'd have trouble eating a coon. Same with a nutria. Always heard muskrat wasn't bad. My brother caught and cooked a young beaver several years ago and said it was great. Watched Steven Rinella cook one on Meateater one time that looked amazing.

I had raccoon in the early 80's. somebody else prepared it at a fourth of July get together. I was just a kid and remember my mom not wanting met to eat any, I did and liked it! I remember it beingA LOT better than i was thinking it would be..

When I was a child my grandmother would take an old coon, stuff the cavity with sweet potatoes, and bake them. That was really good with some rice and gravy. I used to bar-b-que the young ones. The secret is to make sure the glands are removed.

My daughter eats duck, rice and gravy for breakfast!
You can't drink all day if you don't start early!

I would eat it if someone else prepared it and did a really good job of it. After skinning them fat greasy smelly things it would hard to cook one up. Agree that beaver is much better table fare.

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Not me. Tried it a number of times by those that cooked good "coon".

When My brother was trapping in Mississippi they had a bunch of older gals that would skin, then pay them for the carcasses.
The first year they tried coon all sorts of prep.
Ended up some old black lady traded carcasses for their coon carcasses in exchange of prepared meals.

Beaver meat use to be my staple on years I didnt get a deer.
That last few years my dad was alive every beaver carcass got claimed by someone. And it wasnt white trash folks either
I kept hams and backstraps from two year old beaver , for steak, burger,and sausage, and big BBQ feeds.